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Ware County, Georgia

35 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

8 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Georgia within the United States
Ware County within Georgia

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Waycross, between 1889 and 1947.
  • 9 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 282 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings, 2 districts and 1 site.
  • 1 of the 8 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 36 populated places in this county; 36 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

42 photographs, 1936 to 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia
Turpentine dipper near Waycross, Georgia
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Ivy-covered building in Waycross, Georgia
Ivy-covered building in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Marsh area on edge of Okefenokee Swamp, part of purchase area of Coastal Flatwoods upland game conservation project. Near Waycross, Georgia
Marsh area on edge of Okefenokee Swamp, part of purchase area of Coastal Flatwoods upland game conservation project. Near Waycross, Georgia
Mydans, Carl, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
The First African Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia was also known First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
The First African Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia was also known First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Somebody's having some fun at the "House of Rust" auto-parts store in Waycross, Georgia
Somebody's having some fun at the "House of Rust" auto-parts store in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Young pine timber (longleaf). Typical of better stands on area of Coastal Flatwoods agricultural demonstration project. Near Waycross, Georgia
Young pine timber (longleaf). Typical of better stands on area of Coastal Flatwoods agricultural demonstration project. Near Waycross, Georgia
Mydans, Carl, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Somebody's having some fun at the "House of Rust" auto-parts store in Waycross, Georgia
Somebody's having some fun at the "House of Rust" auto-parts store in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Marsh area on edge of Okefenokee Swamp, part of purchase area of Coastal Flatwoods upland game conservation project. Near Waycross, Georgia
Marsh area on edge of Okefenokee Swamp, part of purchase area of Coastal Flatwoods upland game conservation project. Near Waycross, Georgia
Mydans, Carl, photographer, 1936. Library of Congress
Old Ruskin Church, a "country church" in Ware County, Georgia, built circa 1895, is all that's left of the settlement of Ruskin, and old sawmill town near Waycross
Old Ruskin Church, a "country church" in Ware County, Georgia, built circa 1895, is all that's left of the settlement of Ruskin, and old sawmill town near Waycross
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Do you see something lurking in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia? (Think alligator)
Do you see something lurking in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia? (Think alligator)
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Detail of the First African Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia
Detail of the First African Baptist Church in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
An alligator makes an appearance in the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
The old, abandoned Lyric Theatre in Waycross, Georgia
The old, abandoned Lyric Theatre in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Scene from the Okefenokee Swamp Park in Waycross, Georgia
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
912 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
930 Oak Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
913 G Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
830 Short Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
815 Long Bewick Street (House), Waycross, Ware County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

8

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Obediah Barber Homesteadbuilding199595000742
Downtown Waycross Historic Districtdistrict199292000125
First African Baptist Church and Parsonagebuilding200303000197
Lott Cemeterysite200808000712
Manor Schoolbuilding2017100001310
Phoenix Hotelbuilding198686000802
U.S. Post Office and Courthousebuilding198080001258
Waycross Historic Districtdistrict197676000656

Digitised newspapers

1 issue

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Gazette and Land Bulletin

Waycross ; Brunswick, Ga. ; Tampa, Fla., 1896 to 19??. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

13 of 17 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 17 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Aerial View, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Aerial View, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Boardwalk and bridge at Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Boardwalk and bridge at Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Greetings from Waycross, Georgia, Boston Public Library - undated
Greetings from Waycross, Georgia. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Legion Park, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Legion Park, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Ware County Hospital, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Ware County Hospital, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Elizabeth Street, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Elizabeth Street, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Senior High School, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Senior High School, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Observation tower, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Observation tower, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Greetings from Waycross, Georgia, Boston Public Library - undated
Greetings from Waycross, Georgia. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Post Office, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Post Office, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Court House, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Court House, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Picking water lilies, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Picking water lilies, Okefenokee Swamp Park, Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Atlantic Coast Railroad Y.M.C.A., Waycross, Ga., Boston Public Library - undated
Atlantic Coast Railroad Y.M.C.A., Waycross, Ga.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

39 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,050 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 39 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000
1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-08, scale 1:28400
1952-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-08, scale 1:28400
1952-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-08, scale 1:28400
1952-03-08, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-09, scale 1:28400
1952-03-09, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-07-08, scale 1:35030
1961-07-08, scale 1:35030. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-07-08, scale 1:35030
1961-07-08, scale 1:35030. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-07-08, scale 1:35030
1961-07-08, scale 1:35030. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-03-25, scale 1:24000
1965-03-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-03-25, scale 1:24000
1965-03-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-03-25, scale 1:24000
1965-03-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-03-25, scale 1:24000
1965-03-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-05-01, scale 1:40000
1968-05-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-05-01, scale 1:40000
1968-05-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-05-01, scale 1:40000
1968-05-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-05-01, scale 1:40000
1968-05-01, scale 1:40000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-25, scale 1:15000
1969-02-25, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-20, scale 1:46000
1970-02-20, scale 1:46000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

8 stations, 2 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

41 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 148-1Militia District 451, Waresboro: Militia District 451, Waresboro - That part north of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 148-2Militia District 451, Waresboro - That part south of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 148-3Militia District 1030, Haywood
  • 148-4Militia District 1060, Bickley
  • 148-5Militia District 1082, Glenmore, including Bill Young, Black Jack, Broomstraw, Bugaboo, Charles, Chessers, Hog, Honey, Honey Scrub, Middle Strange, Mitchell, New, Number One, Pine, Soldiers Camp, and Strange islands in Okefenokee Swamp
  • 148-6Militia District 1231: Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City Limits; Plant Ave.; Thomas; Alice
  • 148-7Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Alice; Butler; MacDonald, Buchanan, Satella, Tebeau
  • 148-8Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Tebeau; Satilla; Buchanan
  • 148-9Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Buchanan; McDonald; Butler, Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad; City limits
  • 148-10Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Butler; McDonald; Oak; Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad
  • 148-11Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by City limits; Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad; Oak, Franklin Ave.; City limits
  • 148-12Waycross city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Butler, Alice, Thomas; Plant Ave.; State, Oak; McDonald
  • 148-13Waycross city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Oak, State; Plant Ave.; Isabella; Pendleton
  • 148-14Waycross city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Oak; Pendleton; Isabella; McDonald
  • 148-15Waycross city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Oak; McDonald; Isabella; Perham, L
  • 148-16Waycross city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Franklin Ave., Oak; L, Perham; Ward line, Isabella; City limits
  • 148-17Waycross city - That part of Ward 3 excluding The Ware Hotel Bounded by Isabella; Plant Ave., Ward line; Nicholls
  • 148-18Waycross city - The Ware Hotel (In Waycross city, Ward 3)
  • 148-19Waycross city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Ward line, Isabella; Nicholls; Jewel; Crawford
  • 148-20Waycross city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Isabella; Crawford, Jewel, Nicholls, Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; City limits
  • 148-21Waycross city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Ward line; Gilmore, Holliday, Overton Ave.; City limits; City limits, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Ward line, Plant Ave.
  • 148-22Waycross city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Holliday; Gilmore; City limits; Overton Ave.
  • 148-23Waycross city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Reynolds, Boulevard, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; Commons; Blackwell
  • 148-24Waycross city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Reynolds; Blackwell; Lewis; Morton Ave.
  • 148-25Waycross city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Reynolds; Morton Ave., Lewls, Blackwell, Commons; City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Gilmore
  • 148-26Waycross city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; City Limits; Gilmore
  • 148-27Waycross city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Ward line; Plant Ave.
  • 148-28Waycross city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Samuel; Reynolds; Gilmore, Ward line
  • 148-29Waycross city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Boulevard; Reynolds; Samuel
  • 148-30Hebardville, unincorporated Bounded by Unnamed road; Dorothy, Unnamed road, Dorothy; Waycross city limits; Hampton, Hampton extended; Park Ave.
  • 148-31Militia District 1231 - That part northeast of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad outside Waycross city and the unincorporated place of Hebardville. (See separate map for boundaries of Hebardville)
  • 148-32Militia District 1231 - That part southwest of Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad and north of State Hwy. 122, outside Waycross city and the unincorporated place of Hebardville. (See separate map for boundaries of Hebardville)
  • 148-33Militia District 1231 - That part south of State Hwy. 122 and northwest of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Waycross city
  • 148-34Militia District 1231 - That part southwest and southeast of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside Waycross city
  • 148-35Militia District 1256, Millwood
  • 148-36Militia District 1372, Jamestown
  • 148-37Militia District 1404, Braganzia, including Cow House Island
  • 148-38Militia District 1490, Manor
  • 148-39Militia District 1669, Beach: Beach town
  • 148-40Militia District 1669, Beach - That part outside Beach town
  • 148-41N/A

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

2,269 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2,269 of them, burning about 582,639 acres. 368 started naturally and 273 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning1048
Natural368
Arson/incendiarism273
Railroad operations and maintenance233
Equipment and vehicle use144
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Misuse of fire by a minor64
Recreation and ceremony43
Smoking17

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 April 2011Natural309,200 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeHONEY PRAIRIE
3 May 2002Natural124,110 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeBJ-BAYCOMP
16 April 2007Natural68,361 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeGA-12 (SWEAT FARM RD.)
7 April 2017Natural28,986 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHARLTON-055
15 June 2011Debris and open burning19,198 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WARE-093
21 March 2002Debris and open burning5,816 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeNO.1WILD
8 June 1993Natural5,711 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeGNATCATCHE
9 July 1998Natural4,867 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeHONEYSCRUB

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2025

60 of 304 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 304 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 21 injuries and about $6,487,300 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind191
Hail51
Tornado20
Heavy Rain14
Lightning9
Funnel Cloud7
Flash Flood6
Flood6

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025LightningEmerson Park2 killedTwo males, 18 and 19 years old, were killed by lightning in an open field near a vehicle during a thunderstorm Thursday evening along Lejuene Road and Alton Circle after fishing. The time of the event was based on county official information and lightning data.
February 1986Tornado (F1)not stated12 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
February 1986Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
February 1970Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
February 1966Tornado (F0)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindManor1 hurt, $15,000no account filed
April 1957Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500no account filed
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Waycross1 hurtA mobile home was rolled over and destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds. Three vehicles were also overturned at the same location. One person was injured inside the mobile home.
May 1996LightningWaycross1 hurtno account filed
January 1999Thunderstorm WindWaycross$2,200,000In the Jamestown Community two residents with minor damage. In an Industrial Park a boat manufacturing company had one building destroyed and moderate damage to one end of their main building. A mobile home manufacturing plant had a 100,000 sq/ft building and shop destroyed, 5 new mobile homes were destroyed and 14 others were damaged, 5 semi-trailers were damaged and a pickup truck.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDixie Union$250,000no account filed
September 1991Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1989Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWaycross$50,000One large business with roof damage. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWaycross$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, power lines and knocked out telephone communications throughout Waycross including the 911 Emergency Operations Center.
September 2020Tornado (EF1)Hebardville$40,000Numerous gravestones were lofted and displaced along the damage path. A church at 2353 Carswell Avenue had roof damage where at leas 20% of the roof was lifted off of the structure. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for Storm Data.
February 1971Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
November 1968Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
January 2007Tornado (F0)Dixie Union$20,000At 17:10 A pump house was destroyed.|At 17:15 One block off of highway 1 in Dixie Union along Otter Road multiple mobile homes had their siding stripped. Trees down.
June 2001LightningWaycross$20,000Mobile home destroyed.
September 1998Flash FloodCountywide$20,000Rainfall amounts of 5 to 7 inches from the remnants of Hurricane Georges caused the closing of numerous street and roads.
August 2009LightningWaresboro$15,000Lightning struck an outside garage-type building at a Waresboro residence and caused a fire which resulted in about $15,000 in damages. The building had held an antique tractor, a golf cart and a lot of antiques.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWaycross$15,000Large trees and power lines were blown down along HWY 122. Large tree fell on a truck.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindDixie Union$15,000no account filed
November 2011Thunderstorm WindWaresboro$10,000Winds blew down a barn with sheet metal ripped off of the roof at 3661 Luvett Road. Straight line winds produced a damage swath less than a quarter of a mile. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindWaycross$10,000Large billboard brought down and railroad crossing arm snapped by thunderstorm winds. Waycross Airport reported a gust to 41 mph as the storm moved over the area.
September 1998Flash FloodWaycross$10,000Underpasses with parts of some roads closed. Numerous stalled vehicles in standing water.
October 1998Flash FloodSouth Portion$10,000Numerous road were impassable.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindWaycross$10,000Numerous large trees were uprooted or blown down.
May 1996Thunderstorm Wind(Ays)Ware Co Arpt Wa$10,000no account filed
November 2011Tornado (EF1)(Ays)Ware Co Arpt Wa$8,000EF1 tornado damage was observed at 5000 Hunt Trail. A roof was taken off of a gazebo and a porch and carports were damaged. At peak intensity of near 100 mph, the tornado lifted a shed 25 yards and moved a mobile home 1 foot off of its foundation. The cost of damage was estimated.
December 2018LightningEmerson Park$5,000A home was damaged by lightning along Lucille Street. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
December 2018LightningWaycross$5,000A lightning strike damaged a home along Carswell Avenue Tebeau Street in Waycross. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWaycross$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in StormData.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWaycross$5,000Storage shed and destroyed, and numerous reports of large trees blown down.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindDixie Union$5,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWaycross$5,000Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunder- storm winds.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNeedham$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindManor$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDixie Union$3,000Two trees were blown down in Dixie Union. One tree fell onto a home's roof. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion into Storm Data.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,000A tree fell onto a vehicle. The cost of damage was unknown but was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,000Trees were blown down near Plant Avenue and one large tree fell on a fence of a residence. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2011Thunderstorm Wind(Ays)Ware Co Arpt Wa$3,000A double wide mobile home was rolled onto its roof at the Scottbuilt Homes plant in Waycross. It was unknown if the home was strapped down. The cost of damage was estimated.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindWaltertown$3,000Roofs were damaged in the Palmetto Subdivision near Cameron Lane and US-1. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,000The county 911 dispatch center reported that roofs were torn off of sheds and a trampoline was blown into the middle of the road. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWaycross$3,000Storefront plate glass window was blown out.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindWaycross$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindWaycross$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindManor$2,500Large trees were blown donw.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWaycross$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWaycross$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWaycross$2,500Large trees and limbs were blown down.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWaresboro$2,500Numerous reports of large trees blown down. A carport was damaged.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindBickley$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBickley$2,500Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines over the northern sections of the county.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHebardville$2,000Power lines were blown down and a transformer blew at 3040 Cherokee Street. Time of damage was based on radar. Cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.

Mines and quarries

6 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 6 workings inside this county. 4 still produce and 2 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction6

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Minchew Mine No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Minchew Sand Co MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pafford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pafford Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium

Every populated place in the county

36

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Waycross, Georgia

7 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1889 to 1947

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

6 structures

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.